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Re: Just when you think your loved one is no longer able to understand....
Thank you all for your beautiful replies. We all share the love, the pain, and the wish that things had been different. I can't imagine how I will get through to the end, but for him I will do w…7 -
Re: I wonder if I am seeing things not there
I am so sorry to say that I can totally relate. I have cameras set up in my mom's IL apartment. I "drop-in" throughout the day if I'm not able to stop and make a call to her. Most…5 -
Re: I wonder if I am seeing things not there
The first things that I noticed other then short-term memory was that she could have a conversation as long as it wasn't too long or too detailed. the longer we talked the harder it was. she wou…5 -
Re: I Want To Live With Someone Else
DeeDee…that made me chuckle! Yesterday HWD asked where the other ‘girl’ was who cleaned his bathroom and vacuumed…I sure wish she would come back today to do laundry!5 -
Re: Hospice and another fall
I just wanted to add a comment about hospice. You are feeling that they are intrusive and I can appreciate that as i have a cleaner come in twice a month now to help. Each hospice situation is differ…6 -
Re: Trying to help primary caregiver
Look aaround your Grandmother's home. What needs to be taken care of…dripping faucet, laundry, cleaning, lawn mowed, overgrown shrubs trimmed. Can you provide a good meal for your grandmother fo…5 -
Memory care guilt
My mom was driving and living alone 3 years ago and now can barely walk with a walker, has total incontinence, can't dress herself, and is furious I put her on memory care, where im sure frighte…5 -
Re: Just when you think your loved one is no longer able to understand....
My husband knew I was someone he loved and someone who loved him until the end. He wasn’t communicating at all for weeks. One day I patted his arm and told him I loved him and he turned and looked me…5 -
Re: Just when you think your loved one is no longer able to understand....
When your love is strong and you are there for your loved one in the good times and bad even as they start to fail, I believe the heart will break through now and then and just command the brain to w…6 -
Re: Yin and Yang
"Our life has changed and although I am trying not to, I find i am waiting for a future I don’t want." WOW! What a true statement. I think you said it for all of us. Anticipatory Grief! I a…5
Commonly Used Abbreviations
DH = Dear Husband
DW= Dear Wife, Darling Wife
LO = Loved One
ES = Early Stage
EO = Early Onset
FTD = Frontotemporal Dementia
VD = Vascular Dementia
MC = Memory Care
AL = Assisted Living
POA = Power of Attorney
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